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Environmental and historical education programs at national parks, including the Parks as Classrooms Program, Teaching with Historic Places, electronic field trips, and more.

Big South Fork Educational Program
Includes information on off-site educational programs at Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area.

Black Canyon/Curecanti Outreach Education
Black Canyon of the Gunnison NM and Curecanti NRA provide personal services programs for 10,000 K-12 students on the western slope of Colorado.

Cabrillo as Classroom
Cabrillo National Monument offers on-line, curriculum-based web activities for the classroom, as well as ranger -led activities and movies, and pre- and post field trip educational materials.

Clara Barton National Historic Site
Includes information on the Parks as Classrooms Programs developed in partnership with the Montgomery County, Maryland school system.

Cuyahoga Valley Environmental Education Center
Offers programs for students and educators with facilities including two campuses, each with 64 beds, classroom space, science laboratory, and dining hall.

Everglades National Park Educational Resources
Features classroom activities, teacher resources, planning a school visit, recommended reading for students and teachers, and information on school visits with a range.

Fort Necessity National Battlefield
Offers educational programs designed for use in upper elementary school classrooms.

Friendship Hill National Historic Site
Educational programs are designed primarily for use in grades 5-7 and include a study guide, on-line visit, field trip opportunities, and more.

Glacier Institute
An outdoor education organization located in NW Montana, offering youth camps, adult field courses, and discovery school programs with local school districts.

Glacier National Park
Electronic field trip includes interdisciplinary lessons involving science, social studies, language arts and mathematics.

Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
A math and science partnership between AZ school district and national park, furnishing opportunities for the students to be instructed by and to work side-by side with scientists.

Grand Canyon Field Institute
Offers classes on natural and cultural history of the Grand Canyon region with walks, dayhikes, backpacking, river trips, and classroom instruction.

Grand Teton National Park
A bibliography of information sources for school papers, with suggested readings by grade level. General topics include ecology, history, wildlife, and plants.

Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont
Established in 1969, it offers environmental education programs and camps on topics ranging from wildlife to to environmental ethics. Includes dormitory lodging.

Harpers Ferry Educational Programs
Includes information on ranger-guided and self-guided education programs, and program guidelines.

Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore
Operates Paul H. Douglas Center for Environmental Education, which offers opportunity to educate students in ecology and environmental science.

Junior Ranger Programs
Includes links to national park sites that offer the program.

Lava Beds National Monument
Includes information on educational opportunities available at this California national park.

North Cascades Institute
A non-profit educational institution that works with NPS and the U.S. Forest Service and offers adult seminars and environmental education programs for children in and around the North Cascades.

Parks as Classrooms Program Best of the Net
National Park Service program that works in partnership with school districts to provide on-site and off-site curriculum-based learning opportunities for students.

Roanoke Revisited
Learn about the Fort Raleigh National Historic Site and the Roanoke Voyages, including the famous "Lost Colony," as part of the Parks as Classrooms curriculum.

Teaching with Historic Places
Features 55 classroom-ready lesson plans that examine events throughout American history. Lesson plan index categorizes them by period, by topic, by time, and location.

Wind Cave National Park
Offers environmental education programs for grades 1-8.

Yellowstone Institute
Year-round educational field program offering a series of short courses in natural history, cultural history, and humanities topics on Yellowstone.

Yosemite National Park - Outdoor Classroom
Offers several programs including Parks as Classrooms, The Environmental Living Program, teacher workshops, and ongoing educational program and activities.

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